The minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, has given his views as to the main reason behind the introduction of Executive Order 6
Malami said that the order was brought about by President Muhammadu Buhari to target the asset base of suspects in trial - He said that the federal government has appealed some of the judgments regarding the order Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami, who is also the minister of Justice, on Thursday, October 18, said that the essence of the Executive Order 6 brought about by President Muhammadu Buhari was to wage war against the economic base of persons in trial over allegations of corruption, Channels Television reports.
In response to questions as to why the federal government is targeting the assets of suspects under investigation for corruption, Malami stated that the true intention of the Executive Order 6 was to make sure that assets connected to such persons were not squandered.
Malami said: “The essence of the Executive Order number 6, is to attack the economic undertones that constitute the source of strength, the source of desire of the person, in terms of nailing down the process of judicial determination of process.” Speaking on the alleged disregard on the part of the presidency for court orders and ruling, Malami said that the government could not be adjudged to be in defiance when it had appealed some of those judgments. He said: “You cannot adjudge an aggrieved person or party that has gone on appeal against a judgment or order to be in disobedience of the court order when he or she has a pending appeal which has been supported with a stay of execution.
“Or perhaps you cannot vilify an aggrieved person, who has filed an application asking the court to set aside an earlier ruling granting bail.” Concerning the issue of the imposition of multiple taxes on properties of persons being investigated for corruption, Malami said the federal government followed due processes always. He said: “It is a matter of law and not discretion. We have to determine whether the property in question are subject to tax.
"I believe that when the subject matter was submitted to the office for prosecution, the issue of tax must have culminated.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, had commended the recent signing of Executive Order 6 by Buhari. Arkwright said the order signed by the president will help Nigeria root out corruption across the country. Legit.ng

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